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Gary and Colettie Cranston Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0166% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$22kEducation$9kRecreation & Sports$9kPhilanthropy$8kHousing & Shelter$6kReligion$2kFood & Nutrition$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kAnimals$1kOther$33k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$29k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$9,000
A THOUSAND SUMMERS$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER$2,000
FORT MYERS BEACH WOMAN'S CLUB$2,000
FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS$2,000
COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FORT MYERS BEACH WOMAN'S CLUB: $2k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE: $1k → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $2k → 11%MESA COUNTY PARTNERS: $2k → 11%CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER: $2k → 12%JOANNE'S HOUSE AT HOPE HOSPICE: $1k → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $2k → 11%JOANNE'S HOUSE AT HOPE HOSPICE: $1k → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $2k → 11%JOANNE'S HOUSE AT HOPE HOSPICE: $750 → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $2k → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $1k → 11%FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS: $1k → 11%GRAND VALLEY CATHOLIC OUTREACH: $500 → 11%AHAL INC: $2k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$40k · 10 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +54% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$40k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+15%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FA
    FOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +299%
  • HA
    HARMONY ACRES EQUESTRIAN CENTER
    3× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +61%
  • CM
    COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • MC
    MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • JA
    JOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +6%
  • TH
    THE HOUSE - KARIS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Wellness Center for Girls
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2
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
3
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
4
Colorado Access Foundation
Health
5
Mesa County Business Education Foundation

Education for youth throughout mesa county, co

Education
6
Forward Steps Foundation

By investing in their lives, Forward Steps supports youth and young adults at-risk by reducing equity gaps in education and workforce development so they can reach their full potential as independent and thriving members of their community…

Human Services
7
Foothills Food Bank

The Foothills Food Bank works to ensure access to quality, nutritious food to community members in need, and deliver services with respect and dignity.

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8
Colorado Health Institute
Health
9
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
10
New Vision Charter School

Our mission is to challenge encourage and empower students everyday to persevere on their journey to becoming lifelong learners.

Education
11
Colorado Dream Foundation

We partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary…

—
12
Heart and Hand Center

Heart & hand center is dedicated to a world with no opportunity gap. by creating a nurturing community, heart & hand empowers all young people to realize their potential.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc and the most unlike its peers is The John & Marie Ukena Charitable Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%12%5–10yr18%27%10–20yr17%31%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr17%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%23%5–10yr18%30%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr17%7%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/31
the rest of the field
12%
808/6,601

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SAMARITAN'S PURSE — $9,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSEMESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51 — $4,000 · OtherMESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 51CASA — $2,500 · OtherCASACARE FOUNDATION — $2,250 · OtherCARE FOUNDATIONA THOUSAND SUMMERS — $2,000 · OtherA THOUSAND SUMMERSTHE HOUSE - KARIS INC — $2,000 · OtherTHE HOUSE - KARIS INCGRAND JUNCTION IMAGINATION LIBRARY — $2,000 · OtherGRAND JUNCTION IMAGINATION LIBRARYIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $2,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESHopeWest — $1,550 · Other+14 more — $8,100 · Other+14 moreFOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS — $10,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER ALUMNI MENTORSHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $3,750 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY…CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER …FORT MYERS BEACH WOMENS CLUB INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesFORT MYERS BEACH WOMENS CL…AHAL INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesAHAL INCMESA YOUTH SERVICES INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesMESA YOUTH SERVICES INC+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,000 · EducationCOLORADO ME…RIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $3,000 · EducationRIVERSIDE E…Food For Thought Denver — $2,000 · EducationFood For Th…+1 more — $100 · EducationJOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · Recreation & SportsJOHN AUSTI…Girls on the Run of the Grand Valley — $2,000 · Recreation & SportsGirls on t…MILE HIGH 360 — $2,000 · Recreation & SportsMILE HIGH …COLORADO DISCOVER ABILITY — $2,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO D…HARMONY ACRES EQUESTRIAN CENTER — $7,665 · PhilanthropyHARMONY AC…LEGACY A REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $500 · PhilanthropyLEGACY A R…+1 more — $200 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC — $4,000 · Housing & ShelterURBAN PEAK DENVER — $2,000 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT 1 27 — $2,000 · Religion
Other$37,400Human Services$22,250Education$9,100Recreation & Sports$8,500Philanthropy$8,365Housing & Shelter$6,000Religion$2,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOSTER ALUMNI MENTORS — $10,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetHARMONY ACRES EQUESTRIAN CENTER — $7,665 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO HOMELESS FAMILIES INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls on the Run of the Grand Valley — $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN PEAK DENVER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND JUNCTION IMAGINATION LIBRARY — $2,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMILE HIGH 360 — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORT MYERS BEACH WOMENS CLUB INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT 1 27 — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAHAL INC — $2,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOLORADO DISCOVER ABILITY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFood For Thought Denver — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMESA YOUTH SERVICES INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopeWest — $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF THE VALLEY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Newton Healthcare Foundation Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN & MARIE UKENA CHARITABLE TRUST — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY A REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND VALLEY CATHOLIC OUTREACH INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE NEST INC — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBORGEN FAMILY FOUNDATION — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Western Colorado Comm…Rocky Mountain Health…Anschutz Family Found…El Pomar FoundationBacon Family Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationUnited Way of Mesa Co…International Associa…Av Hunter Trust Incor…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO36.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Bacon Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way of Mesa County Inc · International Association of Lions 3602 · Av Hunter Trust Incorporated · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Gary and Colettie Cranston Family Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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